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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Sep 21, 1997 Cryptic Crossword
12-Across : Soldier, taking measure, employs brains (8)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
1 D | I | 2 S | C | 3 U | S | 4 S | | 5 S | E | 6 M | I | 7 T | I | 8 C |
U | | M | | N | | L | | A | | A | | R | | A |
9 C | L | E | V | E | L | A | N | D | | 10 G | L | E | A | N |
H | | L | | A | | P | | D | | P | | A | | A |
11 E | N | T | I | R | E | | 12 G | E | N | I | U | S | E | S |
S | | | | T | | | | N | | E | | U | | T |
13 S | P | 14 A | G | H | E | 15 T | T | I | | | 16 A | R | I | A |
| | P | | S | | O | | N | | 17 R | | E | | |
18 R | A | P | T | | | 19 P | I | G | H | E | A | D | E | 20 D |
E | | L | | 21 M | | D | | | | Q | | | | A |
22 T | O | I | L | E | T | R | Y | | 23 S | U | I | 24 T | O | R |
I | | A | | L | | A | | 25 S | | I | | R | | K |
26 R | A | N | G | E | | 27 W | A | T | E | R | G | A | T | E |
E | | C | | E | | E | | A | | E | | I | | N |
28 D | R | E | I | S | E | R | | 29 R | I | D | D | L | E | S |
© 1997, The New York Times
Across
1
Talk about pole following track event (7) :
DISCUSS5
Like a Mideasterner returning 101 clocks (7) :
SEMITIC9
Conservative, steady - and President (9) :
CLEVELAND10
End of long, unproductive harvest (5) :
GLEAN11
All ten wild with anger (6) :
ENTIRE12
Soldier, taking measure, employs brains (8) :
GENIUSES13
16
The second half of Sofia's country song (4) :
ARIA18
Loudly criticized "Spellbound" (4) :
RAPT19
Obstinate detective possibly had edge (9) :
PIGHEADED22
One allowed to interrupt Conservative from Cologne, e.g. (8) :
TOILETRY23
Set of clothes for topless lover (6) :
SUITOR26
Escaped, for example, to the West Mountains (5) :
RANGE27
A target we bombed: a Washington landmark (9) :
WATERGATE28
Novelist said to be dull fellow (7) :
DREISER29
Shoots holes in puzzles (7) :
RIDDLES
Down
1
English title of the French board game (7) :
DUCHESS2
Work with metal fish (5) :
SMELT3
4
Insult friends from the South (4) :
SLAP5
Mistakenly adds nine thousand dollars, causing grief (9) :
SADDENING6
Strange game involving Greek character and bird (6) :
MAGPIE7
Cherished today's tip concerning a certain Democrat (9) :
TREASURED8
Kind of rummy group of actors holding an audition initially (7) :
CANASTA14
I can toss in a Macintosh computer, perhaps (9) :
APPLIANCE15
17
Needed 24 sheets in crimson (8) :
REQUIRED18
Went to bed bored again? (7) :
RETIRED20
Shades in more than one family room concealing place of refuge (7) :
DARKENS21
Fights yours truly over what's left of the wine (6) :
MELEES24
Bearing right, follow path (5) :
TRAIL25
Lead vermin uprising (4) :
STAR
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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